It doesn't really scream Aluminum Alloy to me... It's not... slick enough. Alternating the shadow position between incoming and outgoing messages is slightly jarring, and they theme itself is... lighter, on the whole, than your message style.

well, at least you're honest ^.-
I'm having trouble trying to come up w/ a solution to the context and regular message images. still a work in progress. the first solution I came up w/ for this version was much worse, trust me ^.-
Hopefully the next version will be better. probably going to work on it some today. like i said, having trouble coming up w/ a solution -_- . i think i'm going to try just eliminating the bevels for the message images just to see how that looks next...

hmm... I dunno. That's not a bad idea. I may at some point. i do kinda like my fire icon a little more than his, but the others he has look a bit nicer. I may send him an email asking him a little later today or something ^^

Next version will feature buddy icons using Max's original theme icons ^_^ . Max gave me the go ahead. I'll also make another design for the message frames. I'll probably make it as a second variation. The theme should be out sometime next week ^^

In order to change the top bar, you need to use an application called ShapeShifter and use Max's Aluminum Alloy OS X theme. ShapeShifter costs $20, but it has a 7-day trial. It can be found here: http://www.unsanity.com/haxies/s...hapeshifter

As for the icon, I'm pretty sure that'd go against my agreement w/ Max on the use of his Aluminum Alloy icons. Sorry ^^;